Eavesdropping in crabs: An agency for lady detection

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 755-757

  Milner, Richard N C ^a   Jennions, Michael D ^a   Backwell, Patricia R Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Eavesdropping; Fiddler crabs; Mate attraction; Uca mjoebergi

Indexed keywords

CRAB; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; VISUALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA;

EID: 78649805694     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0384     Document Type: Article

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